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One attracting big business to La Niña? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rainmaker

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'one attracting big' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'business to la nina?' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'maker' (maker is a kind of business).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'la nina?' becomes 'rain' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'maker' put after 'rain' is 'RAINMAKER'.

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(Other definitions for rainmaker that I've seen before include "Witch-doctor" , "happy to have cloud over his reputation?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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